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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-09
STRENGTHENING FOOD.
A Subject of Considerable Interest
Raisers of Poultry.

With poultry culture, the use OF
Strengthening, stimulating food is very
important at certain times, but when.
ever it is used it should always be ac-
companied with caution and good judg-
ment on the part of the breeder. There
is time for all things, and the time to
use food calculated to force growth or
production is only when such a course
will do good and not do harm.
really believe that it is best not to
give the breeding stock any stimulating
food. other than occasionally to supply
or provide for any lack of insect OF
animal diet that may occur. Fowls that
are fed too abundantly on animal food
soon show the bad effects created by
such treatment.
To treat the fowls in the best possible
manner is to initiate nature as closely
as possible. A very little meat for
each fowl, and the same of green food
is all they require of this kind of diet,
as the only thing to be accomplished is
to supply their natural demands in as
natural way as possible.
In speaking in the above manner ]
mean to apply principally to fowls in.
tended for breeding purposes only, for
when the fowls are raised principally
for market purposes the case becomes
quite different, the idea then being to
get the most good in the least possible
time. Cooked food is excellent in &C.
complishing this result, and should be
used freely, and any such stimulating
and warming food as onion, red pepper
and such like should be supplied occa-
sionally and as often as the breeder
thinks it is advantageous to his flock.
The principal value of such stimulating
food is TO warm up the whole system
and this will serve to act as an appe-
tizer. and by judicious use of this
kind of diet it will not only be valua-
bic for what little nourishment it con-
tains in itself, but the other food viii |
De better assimilated by coming in con-
tact and being treated in connection
with this stimulating food--Anaerican
Eoultry Journal
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-09
,. MY BONNIE MARIE.

The town lies asleep in the shadow,
! The hilftops and moonbeams have kissed,
And the up-peeping eyes of the meadow
Are hid by the veil of the mist
With eyes all too busy to slumber,
wander abroad but to see
II, by counting the stars, can number
The charms Of my fair,
With sunny-hued hair.
The charms Of my Bonnie Marie.
/ coupt till my eyes dim with longing,
But never my task is complete,
TIL bask in the charms that are tironging
Like star rbeams aslant at her feet
Her heart is as pure In its luster
As the new-fallen snow on the lea,
And no Jewels, in costliest cluster,
Are worthy, ween,
For the crown OF my Queen.
The crown for my Bonnie Marie.
could paint you her cheeks modest bushes.
II the tints of the rose we're more fair:
But 10 songs of the sweetest OF thrushes
With the spell Of her whisper compare; -
Ger eyes are as blue in their beaaning
As the waves Of the sTnniest sea,
And, whether I'm walking or dreaming,
She's ever my own,
She's mine, mine alone
Ny 2Veenly, my Bonnie Marie.
5. Z. DriCsr.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-09
A FRENCH CHESTNUT.
Curious story of Tree in the Garden o
the Tuileries.

the Tuileries.
There is curious story about schest
nut tree in the garden of the Tuileries
which Paris paper has just recalled. 1
is known as the Chestnut of the Goth o
March" and the popularity about it il
that it always puts out its foliage befor,
any other tree in the garden. Thi.
year, however, it has violated all it!
traditions; its leaves did not appear un
til after many of its neighbors had be
gun to show their foliage. and it is thi:
fact which recalls the following story
One day when Louis XVIII was talk
ing with one of his courtiers, Count
Limoleon, about the weather, the latter
imprudently alluded to the famou:
chestnut tree. what is the chestnut
tree of the Goth of March?'' inquired
the King. 81 hear some one speak Of
it every year" The Count saw that
he had made bad mistake, but tried
to repair it. Sire" he replied, "every
one avoids speaking to your Majesty OF
this chestnut tree, because it is a
! souvenir of one of the most unhappy
episodes of your reign "What is
that?" asked the King. 1.-The Goth of
March is the date On which the usurper
Bonaparte, after his escape from the
Isle of Elba, arrived in Paris and took
up his residence in the palace of the
Iuileries. 'Well l know that" re-
piled the King; "but what has it to do
with the chestnut tree?" The followers
OF Bonaparte observed that on that day
there was one tree in the garden which
was covered with leaves, while the
others had none at. all, and the mob
from Paris came to see the tree which
it was said put forth its leaves in honor
of the usurper" "Well," said the
King, this merely proves that trees
are like men in some respects; they do
not all have the same opinions. And
did you say that since my second
restoration this particular tree had con-
tinued to have leaves on the Goth of
March?" ''Yes, sire, it is true" The
reply seemed to annoy the King. and,
although he said nothing about it, the
courtiers decided it would be best TO
cut down the Bonapartist tree and
substitute one that was more proper
and loyal in its habits. But what hap
pens? The year passed, and as the
King did not say any thing more about
the tree it was believed by the courtiers
that he had forgotten all about it. They
were very much astonished, therefore,
when on the Goth of March, 1924. the
King, who never went to the garden of
the Tuileries, expressed wish to see
the famous chestnut tree. Their amaze
ment was extreme, however, when they
arrived at the garden and found the
tree in full bloom, with even more
leaves and flowers than before. Their
may be imagined. The
King, however, reassured them by re-
after he had taken a good
look at the tree, 'Well, let it remain
and represent the Bonapartist opinions
if it will. So long as this is the only
thing which conspires against lis the
Bourbons have little to fear" The tree
is still in the garden of the Tuileries,
but it is not the one which bloomed on
the Goth of March, 1915, when the
Emperor returned to Chicago
Tribune.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-09
NORTHERN CANNIEALS.
British Columbia Indians Who Indulge in
Human Flesh.

| British Columbia Indians Who Indulge in
Human Flesh.
| Prof. J. jacobsen. who has been in
the province for some years collecting
Indian curiOs for the Hamburg Museum
and writing up the habits, customs and
traditions of the aborigines. arrived
down on the Boscowitz from Bella Coola.
The Professor spent all last winter at
Tucalo, the head of the southernmost
of the Bentinck arms, which is distant
from Bella Coola about eighty miles.
Here he found the Indian in his primi-
tive state, wild, untutOred savage,
with but a scant knowledge of the arts
| or customs of civilization. The inlet,
running far inland, and being every
way out of the course of traders or
prospectors, is never visited, and the
Indians say no white men ever went up
to the head of it before. They live
there as they do in most places around
the coast, by hunting and fishing, deer
and fur-bearing animals abounding in
large numbers. They are without
missionaries and cannibalism is ram
pant. The Professor tells of some
sickening sights which he witnessed
there during the past winter, which at
this day ope could scarcely be-
lieve capable of being witnessed so
near home, did the inform stion not
come from reliable person The Gus
tom is still carried out there of men
ambitious for the honors of chieftain
betaking themselves to the woods, and
after remaining there for some time,
coming back possessed of spirit and
biting pieces of flesh from the bodies
of those whom they first meet One
who wished to graduate last winter
went out and remained from sight
for several weeks, though he came near
the camp occasionally and made night
hideous with his yells. When he came
to the tribe he came naked, notwith-
standing that it was the middle of
winter, with two or three feet of snow
on the ground. The first man he met
he seized, knocked down. and bit
piece out of his arm, which he chewed
ravenously. This was repeated many
times over, his face becoming besmeared
with blood and presenting a fiendish
appearance. The victims of the would
be chieftain's bites receive in return for
their pains small pecuniary compen-
sation, and it is an honor to carry the
scar. The more scars of this kind
decorate an Indians body the more
are his honors, and when !
he comes to have a great many he be-
comes a chieftain himself in a little |
way. The bitter on one occasion made |
a break for the Professor, who soon |
gave him to understand that he was
going to experience something pretty
tough if he tackled him. He was not
further molested.
1t is the intention of Prof Jacobsen
10 reside in the province permanently,
and he will go north again. He brought
down with him many valuable curios,
which will be forwarded to GermanJ.
Victoria (B. c. Colonist.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-09
SLAVES IN MEXICO.
Bondage in Which the Poems Are Held b,
Cruel Taskmasters.

A good deal has been told and written
of the cruelties in subterranean Siberia,
but very much doubt if the situation
of any convict chained in an under
ground gallery is nearly as appalling as
that of hundreds and hundreds of the
Mexican peon slaves toiling within a
days journey of the land of the free. /
do not say that this is true of all mines
at many of them, and particularly those
owned by American or English com
panies, the management is humane and
admirable in every particular, but it is
true of some. In these it is no unusual
thing for peon to be murdered by some
cruel Itaskmaster, in plain sight of his
wife, who works by his side, hears his
dying shrek and is powerless to raise
her hand to save. This is no fancy
picture, but dreadful and repeated
reality.
1t is surprising how little of this is
known. but it is surprising how little is
known in general of interior Mexico.
There are thousands of square miles
where peonage is a sacred institution
and ''white man" is as great curl
osity as hippograff or unicorn would
be. There whole families are YEARLY
grinding away at debts they had no
more to do with than with the deluge.
Some ancestor they never saw or heard
tell of, drank too much mescal one day.
or lost few dollars at monte. or was
tempted to buy gilded sombrero on
credit, and the mischief was done.
That they live in the darkest sort of
ignorance and misery goes without
saying. else some fine morning they
would simply quit being poems and all
the powers that be, at least in Mexico,
could not re-establish the old regime.
Edgar Lee Tdace, in Inter- Mountain.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-09
Temporary Relief.

Bagley-I understand you and Miss
Robinson have come to an understand
inS in that breach-of-promise case.
Bailey-Yes.
Bagley-What do you pay her?
Bailey-Pay her, Do you think I'm
going to throw away five thousand dol
lars? No, sir; sooner than do that I
offered her my hand again. That'll
stave matters off for FIVE years more.
Ti-Bits.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-09

1t has come to be an aphorism
among western farmers that the steer
is sure money, the pig is quick money.
and the colt is big money.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-09

Increases, this increase is due mainly to
the growth of the country and the ex-
pansion of the postal service. Wash.
tnOtOl Star
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-09
DEAD-LETTER OFFICE,
An Entertaining Account Of Tt.
Business Methods.

One OF the Most Interesting Branches oi
the United States Postal Department
How the Mail Matter is CIassf-
fed and Disposed OF
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-09

The finest pork made in the world
Is that produced on the Madeira Islands,
where the swine live principally on
nuts.-ChristiGn at Fork.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-09

-California raisin growers expect to
make an ayerage OF s400 an acre this
season.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-04-15
Profit in Mules

There is one branch of stock raising
which is not by any means overdone,
and that is the raising of mules. As
the scope OF agricultural country in the
United States increases. tie greater the
demand for animals suited for draft
purposes. and it is an acknowledged
act that in many sections the mule has
as many friends as the horse for his OBJ
iect. The great arguments in favor of
mules are their hardness, endurance
and the ease with which they can be
solo.
a Kentucky breeder, who has been
engaged in raising mules for thirty
years, makes the following suggestions /:
The raising of mules in Kentucky or
the west is not prof abe unless the an.
imals produced be OF good siZe-say
fourteen and One-half to fifteen and one
half hands high. The best jacks for
this class or mules are not less than 6f-
teen hands. The dams are equally i'm
portant and should be improved blooded
mares. Mules from such crosses are
the best seen in Kentucky and always
command good price. The most i'm
pOrtanU improvement in Jacks in the
state of Kentucky was through the
introduction of the well known Spanish
jacks Mammoth and Warrior. These
we're imported from Spain between the
years 1885 and 1910. These jacks, at
date of arrival, were valued at, and
cost, s., 600 each, and were full sixteen
hands high. AS breeders, they were
remarkably fine, and greatly improved
the size of the jack stock by crossing on
the common jennet of Kentucky.
Later impOTtations from the same
source made additional improvements.
but none so decided as the two above
named
According to estimates made by the
United States agricultural department.
the state in which mules rate highest
is New Jersey, the next highest being
in Maryland Texas has the greatest
number of any state, and the animals
are valued at lower priceless than
one-half the average value in New
Jersey, for instance. Kentucky and
Missouri show up well in this industry.
The prejudice against the mule is an
unjust one. For farm work and road
bauliug it exceeds all other animals 1t
is more econonicaIv is. stronger, harder.
never gets sick, and, according to old
traditions, never dies.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-04-15
Home Girls.

The girls that are wanted are good girls,
Good fIom the heart to the lips
Pure as the lily is white and pure
From its heart to its sweet leaf tips.
The girls that are wanted are home girls,
Girls that are mothers right hand,
That fathers and brothers can trust to,
And the little ones understand.
Girls that are Fl air on the heaIthstone,
And pleasant when nobody sees
Kind and sweet to their own folk,
Ready and anxious to please.
The girls tnat are wanted are wise girls,
That know what to DO and to say;
That drive with smile or soft word
The wrath of the household away.
The girls that are wanted IRE girls of sense
Whom fashion can never deceive,
Who can follow whatever is pretty,
And dare what is silly to leave.
The girls that are wanted are careful girls
Who count what a thing will cost
Who use with prudent, generous hand,
But see that nothing is lost.
The girls that are wanted are girls will
hearts
They are wanted for mothers and wives
Wanted to cradle In loying arms
The strongest and frailest of lives.
The clever, the witty, the brilliant girl,
They are very few. understand;
But, oh for The wise. loving home girls.
There's a constant and steady demand.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-04-15
Scraps OF Information.

Christianity was introduced into
France in the fifth century.
A Louisiana NO man had the bfc.
coughs for fourteen consecutive DAYS.
The manuscript of famous sermon
which John Knox preached in 1865 has
been sold lately for 81. O46.
According to the Australian Consul at
Nob ohsma, the earthquakes OF Japan de-
stroy a city every seven years. Oh the
average.
Tue eyes of poisonous snakes have
been found by Dr. Benjamin Sharp tn
have elliptical pupils, while in the harm
less species they are circular.
Cardinal WoIsey, who had risen from
his lowly station as the son Of butcher
10 be the High Chancellor Of England
under Henry VII, died in 1880.
The first country to issue stamps for
cheap postage was Great Britain in 1870.
An unused stamp Of that date is worth
about $500. The rarest postage stamp
known to collectors wss issued bv the
Postmaster at Brattleboro IN 1876
In feudal times, when a country was
about to engage in war, the king sum
moned his vassals these, generally the
chief mobiles summoned their ratafners OF
liegemen, and the latter called out their
farmers and yeemanry. The army con
sisted of freemeG, each armed At his own
cost CT the cost Of his superior.
Napoleon BoDaparte was at the height
OF his power in 1911, at which time the
French Empire extended from the boz
ders of Denmark to those Of Naples. and
bis kinsman held the throne Of Holland
Naples, Westphalia and Spain. What
a contrast to the sovereign swav then
exercised is the loneliness Of his exileRn
death ten years later at St Helena.
a well-posted railway man SAYS that
the obligatory footing Of a locomotive on
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad, in an ordinary DAYS run, in.
wolves a waste of steam requiring a
consumption of 2SO pounds of coal to
renew. He estimates the whistIing ex-
pences Of that particular railway at
$4,000 per year. There is a similar
waste in the blowing Of the whistles Of
stationary ard steamboat engines. L
is a matter worth the serious study OF
practical railroad men, whether they
cannot devise q cheaper noise with
which to give notice OF the approach OF
trains to stations and grade crossings.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-04-15
Captured Elephants.

Mr.. SandeTson, superintendent Of gov
eminent kheddsbs. succeeded on the
14-h Of last month in capturing an i'm
mense herd Of elephants, numbering no
fewer than 40. This is the largest cap
ture on record, and represents, 10 is
estimated, about lakh of rupees. The
scene Of the capture is only six miles
from the TuTa headquarters station OF
the Caro- Hills. The stockade IL which
the elephants are iuclOted is immensely
strong, but is being further strengthened
against the pressure Of so many powerful
animals, by being backed up with heavy
timber supports while an extra st0ckade
is being prepared into which some OF
the elephants may be admitted before
the tylng-up process with tame ele-
phanIs commences.
The main stOckade is literally tightly
packed with elephants Of all sizes.
Colonel Graham Smith, cOmmissaTy
general, who Is paying an official visit
to the kheddshs, was, with Mrs. Grs-
ham Smith, fortunate enough to be pre-
sent at this most exciting capture, and
to witness a scene unparalleled in
kheddah operations. Unfortunately,
during the drive one elephant, breaking
back, escaped, and in dong so killed
one OF the hunters
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-04-15
pUTrO RY PRFJUDICE.

Few persons realize how thoroughly
they are controlled by prejudice even to
their own disadvantage. For many years
the treatment of rheumatism, neuralgia,
sciatica and headache has been by some
outward application, and, therefore, with
out stopping to think that the origin of
these troubles must, from necessity, be in
ternal, the weary sufferer continues to rub,
rub and find no relief Athlophoros is taken
internally, and as . proof that this Is the
correct principle, it cures surely and quick
ly. The statement Of those who hare been
cured ought to convince the incredulous.
c. F. Bruce, Metuchen, N J., says: "My
mother had the rheumatism in her heart,
and was cured BY Athlophoros. She says
there is no medicine like it."
James W. Reed, 1853 Penn Ave, Pitts
burgh, Pa, says: Nv mother, although II
years of age, WAS entirely cured by the use
of Athlophoros-"
Miss Carrie Patten, Eagle Village, \. Y,
SAYS: MY mother was nearly cripple in
her arms, not having been Sblo to dress nor
scarcely able TO feed herself for three
months, being in severe pain most Of the
time. The acute pain ceased after taking
three bottles of AthophOros but she con-
tinued to take it until al signs of rheums-
tism were gone; having taken q bottles in
all She has not taken any since last May,
and can use her arms as well as ever. A
number Of friends have taken il, and in
every case it has given satisfaction. In case
of sick headache, it gives almost immediate
relief"
John VI. Wolcott, Piffard, N Y, says:
"I got a bottle OF Athlophoros for a friend.
She at once gained rapidly, and hss not
been troubled with the rheumatism since"
Every druggist should keep Ainloph oros
and AthIophoros Pills, but where they can
not be bought OF the druggist the Athlo-
phoros Co, liz Wall ST., New York, viii
send either carriage Psid) on receipt Of
regular price, which is $l.CO per boitle
for Athlophoros and Soc for Pills
For liver and kidney diseases dyspepzls, in
digestion. weakness, nervous debility, diseases
Of women, constipation, headache, impure
blood. Ssc., A AthlnphOrus Pills are unequSled- 8
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-04-15
Saddle Horses and Their Cats.

The increased demand for saddle
horses. so apparent of late in the east, is
felt all over the country, hence the sub
ject of saddle horses and their gaits,
treated by such acknowledged authority
AS The National Live Stock Journal,
will doubtless prove of general interest.
The gaits for saddle horse are the
walk, the fox trot, the single foot and
the rack. The walk is a gait understood
by everybody but everybody does not
understand that a good saddle horse
ought to be able to go a square walk at
the late of five miles an hour. The fox
trot is faster than the square walk, and
tht, horse will usually take few steps
AT this gait when changing from a fast
walk to trot. Il may be easily taught
TO most horses by urging them slightly
beyond their ordinary walking speed,
and when they strike the fox trOt step,
holding them TO it. They will soon
learn to like it, and it is one of the cas-
lest for both horse and rider.
The single foot differes somewhat
from the fox trot. and has been descri-
be d as exactly intermediate between the
true trot and the true walk. Each foot
appears to move independently of the
other, with a sort of pitapat, one at
time motion, and it is a much faster
gait than the fox trot.
The rack is very nearly allied to the
ho
that in the latter the hind foot keeps
exact time with the fore foot of the
same side, making it what has been
called a lateral or one side at time,mo-
rion, while in the former the hind foot
touches the ground slightly in advance
of the fore foot on the same side. The
rack is not IS fast gait as the true
pace but is very desirable gait in a
saddle horse. In addition, the perfect
saddle horse should be able to trot,
pace and gallop, and should be quick,
nervous and elastic in all his motions,
without particle of dullness or slug
gishIess in his nature. His mouth
should be sensitive, and be should res
pond instantly to the slightest motion
of the rein in the hands Of the rider.
A poor and clumsy rider, however.
will soon spoil the best trained saddle
! horse IN the world, and such a person
| should never be permitted tc mount a
horse that is exceptionally valuable for
/ that purpose. A ''plug" horse and a
plug" rider may well go together but
keep really good, well trained saddle
! horse for one who knows how to enjoy
this most health giving, exhi!arating and
delightful OF out Of door exercise.